Ivan Johnson has some choice words for the commissioner following his ejection from the TNT-Meralco match at Philsports Arena. Jerome Ascano

IVAN Johnson is facing a lifetime ban from the PBA after an altercation with league commissioner Chito Narvasa in the Tropang TNT’s Commissioner’s Cup game against Meralco on Saturday at the Philsports Arena.

After getting ejected for picking up a second technical on a flagrant foul penalty 1 on Bolts big man Bryan Faundo late in the second quarter, the temperamental Texters import uttered some choice words to Narvasa before he exited the court.

Media bureau chief Willie Marcial said Johnson, who was playing in his first game after serving a suspension and paying a P50,000 fine for figuring in a fight in a tune-up game against Blackwater, is expected to receive a harsh penalty.